From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 2 23:41:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA13958 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:41:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA13953 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:41:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA25111; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:41:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:41:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Paul Gregg cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: atapi cdrom support In-Reply-To: <345D1E37.14B8248C@ww-interlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul Gregg wrote: > After some wailing and gnashing of teeth got freebsd 2.2.2 up and > running. Thanks to those who helped. Have moved from that to > modification of kernel for cdrom support. Edited kernel.generic and left > in atapi cdrom support options. On bootup cdrom is probed but media type > not recognized. Also left in options CD9660. Did you leave in `device wcd0' as well? Post your boot output and we'll take a look at it. > What is the proper syntax to mount cdrom from command line? > (have looked at man mount and its a little cryptic for unix newbie) mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /mnt will bring the CD up on /mnt. > Should the lines in the generic kernel work "as is" for an atapi type > cdrom? Yes. > >From what I've read so far if installation or mounting is successful > files on cdrom will be available in cdrom dir in root? Well, change /mnt to /cdrom and it will. > Thanks again for the support and the work in creating this alternative > to mickey soft > dependence! No problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major